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s GAR. No. 244,258. Patented July 12,1881..

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No. 244,253. PatentedJulylZ, 1881.

LZwZ nvenlor M QMM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISIDOR KITSEE, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO HENRY ILLOWAY, OF SAME PLACE.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,258, dated July 12, 1881.

Application filed March 18, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsIDoR KrrsEE, of the city of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is, first, a foldin g and removable stall-side that may be readily folded against the side of the car or removed therefrom when it it is desirable to change the car from a stock to a freight car; second, to so arrange the stalls upon each side of the car that the cattle will occupy all the available space within the car without being crowded; third, to provide means to carry a supply of water for the trip, and to measure out to the animals the requisite amount, as needed. These objects are attained by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a horizontal section view of a stock-car embodying my improvements, the section being taken in a line above the stallsides. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section of the same with the stall-sides removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through line w :v, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the stall-side, and a vertical diagonal section of the car-floor and the framing-timbers to which the sockets that receive the stall-sides are secured. Fig. 5 is a top-plan view of the swivel-socket which receives one leg of the stall-side, and the timber to which the socket is attached. Fig. 6 is a detail view of my coupling, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged axial section of the same.

My stall-sides are formed of side pieces, A A, and piece B, to connect the side pieces. The lower ends of the side pieces pass down vertically through the floor of the car and enter metal socket-pieces O and D, which are firmly secured to the lower framing-timbers, E E. The socket D is a plain metal box provided with lug-plates, by which it is secured to the timber E, the opening being of a size to receive the leg of side piece, A. The piece 0 is bored out to receive the metal swivel-piece F, which is secured upon the lower end of side piece, A. The piece F is turned smaller upon the lower end to fit the neck of the socket G,

and the shaft of piece F may project down far enough to be screw-threaded and receive a nut to hold the stall-side firmly in place. When it is desired to fold the stallsides against the sides of the car it is only necessary to lift them up far enough to withdraw the vertical partof side piece, A, from its socket and swing the side piece around against the car-side. If desired, the sides may be lifted entirely from the socket-pieces and piled up against one end of the car. Thus they will occupy butlittle space. The stall-sides of each row of stalls are arranged diagonally of the car-body, and extend from near the car-sides to near the longitudinal center of the car. The stalls upon opposite sides of the car are arranged reversely withrespect to each other, herring-bone fashion, so that those upon one side are at about right angles to those upon the other side, as shown. The rear ends of the stalls arenot closed. As seen in Fig. 1, the inner ends of the stall-sides upon one side are about opposite the center of the stalls upon the opposite side, thus making the stalls upon one side of the car about one-half the width of one stall in advance of those upon the opposite side. The cattle when placed in these stalls may extend past the center of the car, those upon one side overlapping those upon the other. The stalls may therefore be placed at a less inclination and more of them in the car.

The water-pipe G is placed longitudinally near the center of the roof. It has a branch pipe extending up through the roof and footplank, which is the pipe through which the water is supplied. It is provided with a cover to keep soot and dust out of the pipe. The pipe G is made large enough to contain a supply of water for from three to five days. At one end of the car is a tank, H, which is connected to the reservoir G by a pipe, I.

Leading from the tank H upon each side are two pipes, J, which pass vertically down and return along each side of the car. Above the troughs K these pipes are provided with nipples j, through which the troughs are supplied with water.

The pipe I is provided with a cock, whic is operated by a crank, L, the handle of which extends to the outside of the car through a circular slot. The pipes J are also provided with cocks below the tank H, which are operated by cranks that are linked to the crank L by links N. The ways of the cocks are so arranged that when the upper one is opened by turning the crank L the lower ones will by the same action be closed, and when the upper one is closed the lower ones will be opened.

The tank H is designed to hold enough wa tcr to supply the troughs once. It will be seen that bymeans of the linked valve arrangement this amount is measured out to the cattle by turning the crank L to open the lower faucets, and when the measuring vessel or tank His empty the crank is turned back, closing the lower faucets and opening the upper one to refill the measure. I intend to use the same troughs for feed and water troughs.

The water-reservoir G extends through the ends of the car, and has branch pipes extending up from it to receive a hose, 0, the opposite end of which is secured to coupling P, (see Figs 6 and 7,) which coupling is composed of similar sections. The nipple Q has within its inner end a valve-seat piece, It. This piece is provided with a valve, S,which has two guiderods, 8 ands. The guide-rod sprojects through a guide beyond the end of piece R, and the other rod, 8, passes through a guide within nipple Q. A spiral spring coiled around rod 8, and compressed between the valve and rear guide, holds the valve to its seat when the sections of the coupling are detached.

1" is a rubber packing-ring, which is held in a dovetailed annular groove in the end of piece It. The clutch-ring T has an internal screw-thread to engage with a screw upon piece It, and an inwardly-projectin g flange upon the opposite end, which slides over the nipple-piece Q.

To couple the sections together one of the pieces T is run back and the opposite one run forward, as seen in Fig. 7. The two sections are then pressed together and the clutch-rip g T upon one screwed over upon piece R of the opposite section. The ends of the valve-rods s by this action come together, and the valves S in both sections are pressed back from their seats and the connection between the pipes G in both cars established. It is evident that instead of the links N, to operate the faucets in pipes J simultaneously with the faucet in pipe I, by means of crank L, the faucets in pipes J may be operated byindependent cranks, or both be linked together, to be operated independent of the faucet in pipe I.

I claim- 1. In a stock-car provided with a series of stalls, the combination, substantially as specified, of the stall-sides composed of pieces A A B, with sockets D O F, secured to the tim-. bers E E, said sides being adapted to turn within socket O, and be removed from the sockets to change the car from a stock to an ordinary freight car.

2. A stock car having two longitudinal rows of stalls arranged herring-bone fashion, the stalls being open toward the center of the car, and those on'one side being placed about onehalf of their width in advance-of those on the other side, substantially as before set forth.

3. In a stock-car provided with a series of stalls, the combination, substantially as specified, of the reservoir-pipe G, measuring-tank H, with the pipes I J and their faucets, and nipples j, for the purpose set forth. 4. Ina stock-car, the combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth,of reservoir G, measuring-tank H, pipes I J and-their faucets, with the links N and crank L.

ISIDOR KITSEE.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. IVIURRAY, CHARLES F. GEssER'r. 

